ILLINOIS STATE Graduate School UNIVERSITY Normal, IL …

ILLINOIS STATE

UNIVERSITY

ILLINOIS STATE FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP Application Form

Graduate School 209 Hovey Hall Campus Box 4040 Normal, IL 61790-4040 Telephone: (309) 438-2583 GraduateSchool@ilstu.edu

The Illinois State University Foundation Fellowship is an award of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) to 3 doctoral and 3 masters level students who have demonstrated a potential for academic excellence at the graduate level. Applications will be accepted from new graduate students applying for or admitted to a degree program in the Graduate School who will be attending on a full-time basis. Successful applicants must have been admitted to the degree program by the Foundation Fellowship's application deadline of March 15, and not have begun work as a graduate student at Illinois State. Applicants must have attained a cumulative grade point average of 3.6 on a 4.0 scale on previous undergraduate and graduate course work. A selection committee appointed by the Graduate School and approved by the Graduate Council shall make the award decisions. Receipt of this award may impact other financial aid that a student receives. Awards will be announced by April 15.

Instructions: There are two sections to this application. Read and complete both sections of the application. Submit application and supporting materials listed below no later than March 15th. (If this deadline falls on the weekend, the Monday after the 15th will be the due date.)

Section 1. Student Information

Name:

Home Address: Local Address:

Last Street Street

Major area of study:

First

Middle

UID

ISU Email

City

State

Zip

Phone Number

City

State

Zip

Phone Number

Degree (check one): Master's MFA SSP Doctorate

Expected Date for completion of the degree:

Have you previously been enrolled at Illinois State University? Yes No If yes, when?

List any institutions other than Illinois State University at which you have taken graduate work.

Expected date of enrollment for the degree to which you are applying/admitted

Expected date of completion of the degree to which you are applying/admitted

Section 2. Supporting Materials a. Personal Statement. Applicants submit one statement of no more than 250 words addressing qualifications of

academic excellence, including, but not limited to, academic accomplishments, awards, honors and extracurricular activities.

b. Letters of Reference. Three letters of reference must be received in the Graduate School no later than March 15. The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the recommendation letters are received on time.

The letters must be sent by the referees directly to, dddavid@ilstu.edu, with the subject line: FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP REVIEW.

All letters must address your potential as a graduate student. Name of each person from whom letters of recommendation have been requested.

Signature of Applicant

Date

Note: OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES already submitted to Illinois State will be secured by

the Selection Committee. Applicants do not need to submit copies of those documents. Applicants must submit official transcripts

of any graduate work or standardized graduate school test scores that are not already on file here.

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